Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables actin filament binding activity. Acts upstream of or within muscle cell differentiation. Located in several cellular components, including costamere; focal adhesion; and sarcolemma. Is expressed in several structures, including exoccipital bone; gut; meninges; pharyngo-tympanic tube; and skin. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in myofibrillar myopathy 10. Orthologous to human SVIL (supervillin).